You may spill your blood, or if you are adjacent to a creature that has taken damage in the last round, to create a blade of red crystal in an open hand. This blade is a melee spell attack that you are proficient with which deals 3d6+ spell modifier slashing damage. If the target can bleed, it bleeds 1 point at the start of its next turn per spell level.
You must spend 5 hit points during the casting of this spell, or an adjacent creature must have taken at least 10 points of damage in the last round, to cast this spell. If a creature has taken at least half of the required amount of damage, you may split the difference with half of your cost. Any round you do not deal damage with the blade, you take 1 point of damage.
When using a spell level of 2nd or higher, increase the damage dealt by 1d6, the damage per round by 1, and the initial HP costs by 5.
* - (Fresh blood)
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